John 1:2-41

²He was in the beginning with God.

³All things received being through him, and without him not one thing received being which has received being.

⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

⁵And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

⁶There was a man sent from God, his name John.

⁷He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

⁸He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

⁹The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.

¹⁰He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹He came to his own, and his own received him not;

¹²but as many as received him, to them gave he the right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;

¹³who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;

¹⁵(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

¹⁶for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

¹⁷For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

¹⁹And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

²⁰And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

²¹And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

²²They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

²³He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

²⁴And they were sent from among the Pharisees.

²⁵And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

²⁶John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,

²⁷he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.

²⁸These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.

²⁹On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

³⁰He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;

³¹and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.

³²And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.

³³And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, he said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with the Holy Spirit.

³⁴And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.

³⁵Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.

³⁶And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.

³⁷And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.

³⁸But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?

³⁹He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard this from John and followed him.

⁴¹He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).